Did you know Ronald Reagan raised the debt ceilling 17 times in his presidency?

The Stock market reacts to "expectations", so the Fed raising rates would ONLY affect (not "effect") the price of stocks if investors were NOT expecting them to.... Uncertainty drives the Market down, and confidence drives it up....so given that we all KNEW the Fed was about to announce a rate hike, it will have little or no impact....(possibly there may even be "collective sigh of relief" rally that the deed is done) But a rate hike will have many broader positive impacts than just that, among them Increased inflation (hopefully to the 2% goal rate of the Fed Increased upward pressure on YOUR pay-rate Increased investment in Savings More lending by Banks (because it's worth it now) More Americans buying their own homes.... and so on...

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.